Well, it took a few years, but we finally revived our long extinct Power Dry Longsleeve, and re-christened it the Power Dry Crew! The fit, cut and construction have all been been updated, while our classic silk-weight Polartec Power Dry fabric retains the same incredible moisture wicking performance as always, now with a minimum

2012 has been a typical roller coaster ride here at Melanzana. We produced a lot of product this spring, had a really nice plump inventory leading into the summer, and then did record sales all summer and quickly ran through most of it. We also lost a few key employees in the sewing

Fox 31 in Denver ran a fun segment on Leadville this summer. World famous meteorologist Jennifer Broome visited Melanzana and a few other businesses on Harrison Avenue…

http://kdvr.com/2012/09/13/explore-colorado-leadville/

Nice to see the focus on Leadville’s self-proclaimed “fashion district”! Fritz is even mildly coherent as he attempts to speak about Melanzana

Nice article about Melanzana in the Denver Post last week. Check it out here:

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_21064657/leadvilles-melanzana-thriving-locally-made-clothing

Same piece ran a few days later in the Summit Daily. Author Jason Blevins was fun to talk shop with, but I am glad he didn’t print everything I said. I remember feeling a little feisty

We just spent the last five weeks here cutting and sewing over 700 Hard Face Hoodies and Vests. Just a few more bundles of Men’s Vest to finish up at this point. Our sewers call it “Easy Face”, because it cooperates so nicely on the cutting table and sewing machines. Some new

High Loft Hoodies are back in stock – we just finished up sewing a batch of over 500. This fabric is the “extreme warmth” version of Polartec’s High Loft fleece – super warm, highly breathable, ridiculously soft & comfy. Unfortunately, it is difficult and messy to work with. So while nobody here

We’ve had some nice early season snowfalls here in Leadville. Sure feels lucky to get out skiing in the backcountry in early November! Here’s a few pics from last weekend.

Squeezing some turns in between the rocks.

Amanda is still rockin one of

We just finished sewing up a big batch of Wind Pro 200. Maybe 250 pairs of sweats, and 150 Hoodies. Most of the colors are repeats, but there are a couple of new colors and related two-tones. Check our website for the full selection of colors. Sorry about the washed-out photos, our photography

We’ve been advertising regularly in the Mountain Gazette since 2001. It’s a fun publication with drunken literary aspirations. And it’s free! We try to change up the ad for every issue. Here are the last two that we ran.

This shot is of Dave and Amanda on the ridge on Little Bear, a

One of the many recurring problems with having a clothing factory is that we constantly have to make more product. Dang! For this next couple of weeks, we will be trying to finish up a big batch of Micro Grid tops before we move on to Wind Pro Sweats and High Loft Hoodies.

Javier sewing